Stated on December 9, 2025 in public events:
The U.S. has received promises of investments totaling $18 trillion to $22 trillion since January.
Trump says the U.S. has received investment commitments totaling $18 trillion to $22 trillion since he took office in January.
The number Trump cites is about double what the White House’s website lists. And experts say the website’s current figure, $9.6 trillion, should be viewed with caution.
It includes aspirational, multi-year goals that might or might not come to fruition, and some items are future purchases or sales of products, rather than capital investments.
For the two biggest line items — commitments from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar — the amounts are multiple times those countries’ annual gross domestic product.
False.